FROM THE RECTOR
Good Thursday
afternoon, everyone!
What a week this has been! Though things have continued to change rapidly, it seems that what we’ve put in place for this week will continue for some time. There is much I’d like to share, so settle in. Or skip to the parts that are of interest to you. I’ll use headings for that purpose.
This Sunday Bishop Rob has invited us all to join him for online worship from the chapel at Diocesan House at 10:00 a.m. via Facebook live streaming. For this week that will be our Sunday morning worship opportunity so that we can all hear his sermon, as well as join others around the diocese.
What a week this has been! Though things have continued to change rapidly, it seems that what we’ve put in place for this week will continue for some time. There is much I’d like to share, so settle in. Or skip to the parts that are of interest to you. I’ll use headings for that purpose.
This Sunday Bishop Rob has invited us all to join him for online worship from the chapel at Diocesan House at 10:00 a.m. via Facebook live streaming. For this week that will be our Sunday morning worship opportunity so that we can all hear his sermon, as well as join others around the diocese.
I have set up
a Zoom meeting for St. Andrew’s parishioners following the service so that we
can connect with each other after the service for a “virtual” coffee hour.
We have also
scheduled several mid-week online worship opportunities: Evening Prayer
every Tuesday at 5:30 pm; our usual Morning Prayer every Wednesday at 9:00 am;
and Compline every Thursday at 8:30 pm. These mid-week services are all being
live streamed on Facebook AND available as a Zoom meeting.
If you do not
have a Prayer Book at home you may come by the church during office hours and
borrow one to take home. Please look for the sign out sheet by the parish hall
entrance into the church. An online version is available at www.bcponline.org.
Please
note that you do not need to be a member of Facebook to watch Facebook live
streaming. Just click on the link provided or call the number listed. Both Facebook
live streaming and Zoom are accessible by phone if you cannot connect through
the internet. See below for links and more specific information.
Wondering what
the difference is between Facebook live streaming and Zoom? The biggest
difference is that you can only watch something on Facebook live streaming,
whereas you can see each other and talk to each other on Zoom.
But Facebook
live streaming is easier to access if you aren’t particularly tech savvy. You
only need to click on the link given you and scroll down the page until you
reach the live streamed video. You won’t be able to see it until the time it is
scheduled to begin.
The Zoom
platform requires downloading the Zoom app on your preferred computer, tablet
or mobile phone. Once you have it downloaded you then click on the link in the
Zoom invitation. Here is a link to a video introduction: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting-
Caroline
WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY- March 22nd
You are invited to join Bishop Rob Hirschfeld with Canon Tina
Pickering and Deacon Shawn LaFrance for The Great Litany, Supplication
and Liturgy of the Word this Sunday at 10:00 am via Facebook
Live video streaming from the Chapel of All Angels in Diocesan
House.
You will find the
live stream, beginning at 10 am on Sunday, on the Episcopal Church of New
Hampshire's Facebook page here: www.facebook.com/NHEpiscopal/
PLEASE NOTE: NH Episcopal is a public Facebook page and you do NOT
have to have a Facebook account in order to watch and participate in the live
stream.
During the service,
you may add your responses and prayer requests in the comment section of the
Facebook live video.
If you do not have
a computer or a web-enabled phone on which you can watch video, you can also
listen to the service by calling 1-929-205-6099, meeting ID
972-806-124, then press # and then # again (no personal ID). You will not
be able to comment or make prayer requests over the phone.
If you are unable
to join live, the service will be recorded and posted to the NH Episcopal
Facebook page for watching at any time, though you will no longer be able to
post comments and prayer requests.
You might like to
have your Book of Common Prayer within reach as well, or get the BCP online
at www.bcponline.org.
READINGS FOR SUNDAY
Sunday, March 22nd
Fourth Sunday in Lent
Year A
COLLECT
Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Year A
COLLECT
Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
READINGS
1 Samuel 16:1-13
Psalm 23
Ephesians 5:8-14
John 9:1-41
Psalm 23
Ephesians 5:8-14
John 9:1-41
Click below to see the readings:
AND...
JOIN US FOLLOWING THE SERVICE FOR
A VIRTUAL COFFEE HOUR
on ZOOM
Topic:
Virtual Coffee Hour!
Time:
Mar 22, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
To
join the Zoom Meeting click here: Virtual Coffee Hour
Meeting ID: 331 579 522
Or to call in:
dial 1-929-436-2866 and give the meeting ID: 331 579 522
MIDWEEK WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Each of these weekday services will be live streamed on Facebook and available on ZOOM.
EVENING PRAYER -Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m.
Or to call in:
dial 1-929-436-2866 and give the meeting ID: 250 190 891
EVENING PRAYER -Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m.
Or to call in:
dial 1-929-436-2866 and give the meeting ID: 250 190 891
Or
to watch it on Facebook click here: https://www.facebook.com/standrewsinthevalleytamworth,
and scroll down.
MORNING PRAYER -Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m.
Or to call in dial
1-929-436-2866 and give the meeting ID: 918 135 078
Or
to watch it on Facebook click here: https://www.facebook.com/standrewsinthevalleytamworth,
and scroll down.
COMPLINE -Thursdays at 8:30 p.m.
Or
to call in dial 1-929-436-2866
and give the meeting ID: 973
184 781
Or
to watch it on Facebook click here: https://www.facebook.com/standrewsinthevalleytamworth,
and scroll down.
WE HOPE YOU WILL Continue to JOIN US FOR WORSHIP and FELLOWSHIP in our online presence.
OFFICE HOURS AND HOW TO REACH US
If you need to contact me
I am available 9:00 – 5:00 Sunday – Thursday via email (RectorSAITV@gmail.com)
or my cell phone (603-553-9254). In the case of a true emergency please
call anytime. Of course you may also email me at any time, but I will answer
email during my regular hours.
If you are sick PLEASE let me know!
PRAYERS FOR EACH OTHER
One thing we can always do while we stay at home
is to pray for each other! We would like to keep our prayer list up to date and
publish it each week in the Thursday Memo. Please email Deb at
office@standrewsinthevalley.org with any updates.
PLEASE PRAY FOR
Hettie, Courtney and her baby,
Christian, Victor, Tiffany, Kyren, Bob & Sue Huckman, Kenneth LaForge, Viv,
David Manley, Robin Martelle, John McGowan, Gabriele Wallace, Tamara, Jennifer M,
Milan McNall, Jerry Williams, Marilyn Cloran, Joan Marshall, Rick, John, Joyce Gendron,
Cecile Hopkins.
LENTEN RESOURCES
Lent Madness 2020 The Tenth Annual Saintly Smackdown!
CONTINUE to enjoy participating in Lent Madness.
Here’s how to participate: on the weekdays of Lent, information is posted at www.lentmadness.org about two different saints. Each pairing remains open for 24 hours as participants read about and then vote to determine which saint moves on to the next round. Sixteen saints make it to the Round of the Saintly Sixteen; eight advance to the Round of the Elate Eight; four make it to the Faithful Four; two to the Championship; and the winner is awarded the coveted Golden Halo. Click on the link above to sign up for a daily email with information about each saint.
Here is the bracket as of today! (click on the photo for a larger view)
TIPS FOR AVOIDING THE FLU OR CORONAVIRUS
Sanitize hands before and after contact with others. Place containers of hand sanitizer in the pews, near doors, and beside tissue boxes to be used when hand washing is not possible.
It’s not too late to get your flu shot. While many are worried about the COVID19 virus spreading, this is already a bad flu season. If people have not gotten a flu vaccine, there’s still time before the expected second wave of seasonal flu infections.
Additional information and links may be found on the Episcopal Relief & Development web page, “Faith-Based Response to Epidemics.”
DINNER BELL
DINNER BELL IS NOW TAKE OUT
Dinner Bell cook teams for March are:
Dinner Bell cook teams for March are:
22nd - Tubman
31st-UUFES
Thank you for your volunteer
31st-UUFES
Thank you for your volunteer
work in this special Outreach program!
SAFE CHURCH
If you are up for Safe Church Renewal
you must do your renewal modules on Armatus
then sign up for one of the following meetings online.
Safe Church Zoom Call
If you have questions, please contact Safe Church Minister, Marty Cloran.
PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY
Come join us! Knitting skills not required.
We cannot meet at this time, but KNIT ON!
If you have any questions, please call Lin Frank at 323-0402.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Pandemic
What if you thought of it
as the Jews consider the Sabbath—
the most sacred of times?
Cease from travel.
Cease from buying and selling.
Give up, just for now,
on trying to make the world
different than it is.
Sing. Pray. Touch only those
to whom you commit your life.
Center down.
And when your body has become still,
reach out with your heart.
Know that we are connected
in ways that are terrifying and beautiful.
(You could hardly deny it now.)
Know that our lives
are in one another’s hands.
(Surely, that has come clear.)
Do not reach out your hands.
Reach out your heart.
Reach out your words.
Reach out all the tendrils
of compassion that move, invisibly,
where we cannot touch.
Promise this world your love--
for better or for worse,
in sickness and in health,
so long as we all shall live.
~ Lynn Ungar 3/11/20
COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER
FOOD CENTER
Food pantry continues to serve the communities needs
Tuesday and Friday 10am - Noon
and Wednesdays 5pm-7pm
FROM Deb IN THE OFFICE
MARCH BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
If you do not see your birthday or anniversary listed, please make sure Deb in the office has an information sheet on file for you.
Birthdays
10 Susan Ines
13 Trudy Thompson
16 Caroline Hines
20 Albert Bunker
21 Chris Boldt
30 Kaitlyn Marshall, Barbara Lord
31 Claudia Kennedy
13 Trudy Thompson
16 Caroline Hines
20 Albert Bunker
21 Chris Boldt
30 Kaitlyn Marshall, Barbara Lord
31 Claudia Kennedy
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